Last season Chelsea were the laughing stock of the Premier League, the Champions were no longer playing for then manager Jose Mourinho, the fans were turning on their star players and Chelsea had spiralled down the league. The players got their wish and Jose Mourinho was fired from the West London club. Any new manager would have his work cut out to fix the mess that was Chelsea football club. Roman Abramovich turned his attentions to Italian Antonio Conte and now football fans up and down the country are back…
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New Betting Scandal in Italian Football
New scandal in Italian football. All Bari players have been charged for match-fixing in a Serie A and Serie B, including Jean-Francois Gillet and ex-Juventus assistant Cristian Stellini. The investigation is based around four fixed matches from 2008 to 2010. The matches in Serie B were Bari 0-1 Treviso on May 10 2008 and Salernitana 3-2 Bari on May 23 2009, when Antonio Conte was the Coach. In Serie A, the ties accused of being fixed are Bari 0-1 Sampdoria in April 2011 and Palermo 2-1 Bari in May 2011.…
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Neil Lennon’s side welcomes the current Serie A leaders to Glasgow on Tuesday night aiming to seal passage into the quarterfinals of Europe’s premier cup competition. Buoyed by UEFA Champions League group stage wins against FC Barcelona and FC Spartak Moskva, Celtic FC coach Neil Lennon says his players harness “a real belief” going into their round of 16 first leg with Juventus in Glasgow; an occasion he described as “one of the biggest games of their careers”. The 41-year-old’s opposite number, Antonio Conte, promised to stand by his attacking…
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